Lahore, Nov 4: Former Pakistan cricket captain Aamir Sohail is soon likely to take over as the Chief Selector of the national cricket team, reliable PCB sources have stated.

The current selection committee, under the lead of Saleem Jafar which had the responsibility to select players of Abu Dhabi series, was temporary and would be dissolved after the series against West Indies, The News quoted the sources as saying.

Former captain Aamir Sohail is a strong frontrunner for the post, the sources said and added that he has been offered the post by PCB.

Meanwhile, if he takes up the new job, Sohail would have to bid fare well to commentary assignments.

Lahore, Nov 4 : Indian Test batsmen VVS Laxman and Gautam Gambhir have improved their ICC Test rankings after their superb performance in the third Test against Australia at Ferozeshah Kotla. While Laxman is now placed at 11th position, Gambhir is placed at 18th position.

Meanwhile, former skipper Rahul Dravid has dropped out of top 20 for the first time in 11 years in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen. Pushed down by eight places, Dravid is now placed at 26th position.

Rio de Janeiro - Brazil coach Carlos Dunga on Monday played down his rivalry with Diego Maradona, after the new Argentina coach had criticized Dunga last week.

"I hope things go well for him," Dunga said.

After his controversial appointment last week as coach, Maradona recalled his playing days, when he had led Argentina on the pitch to the 1986 World Cup and Dunga had captained Brazil to the 1994 World Cup.

Sao Paulo - Brazilians were still trying to digest Monday the hard blow they took a day earlier, when they saw the Formula One world championship - which they have not celebrated since Ayrton Senna's triumph in 1991 - slip away from their hands within seconds.

For less than one minute - during the last lap of the Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo - the legion of Brazilian fans of motorsport revived the joy of celebrating an F1 title.